[ Croissance Impulsée par les Changements Technologiques ]
Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 599–610
Sirine MNIF1
1 Département des Sciences Economiques, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax/Université Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne, Tunisia/France
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The economic literature distinguishes between two different approaches to the contribution of human capital to growth. The first approach assumes that human capital plays the same role in production than physical capital. Human capital is an accumulative factor and increases the overall productivity of factors, exogenous technology. This increased efficiency can offset the diminishing returns of capital and thus to support long-term growth. Thus, the accumulation of capital has a positive effect on economic growth. Rather the second approach suggests a technological dimension of human capital, critical to economic growth. This idea identified by endogenous growth, shows that innovation and technological adaptation are the engines of economic growth in the long term. But the relationship between human capital and technology is highly dependent on the composition of human capital. The above said, we will enrich the literature and study the impact of technological change on economic growth. Econometrically, we base our study on the technique of panel data. An estimate by the method of static panel seems more relevant and a positive effect from the Technological Changes to economic growth seems to be confirmed for 39 developing economies.
Author Keywords: Growth, Technological Changes, Education.
Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 599–610
Sirine MNIF1
1 Département des Sciences Economiques, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax/Université Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne, Tunisia/France
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The economic literature distinguishes between two different approaches to the contribution of human capital to growth. The first approach assumes that human capital plays the same role in production than physical capital. Human capital is an accumulative factor and increases the overall productivity of factors, exogenous technology. This increased efficiency can offset the diminishing returns of capital and thus to support long-term growth. Thus, the accumulation of capital has a positive effect on economic growth. Rather the second approach suggests a technological dimension of human capital, critical to economic growth. This idea identified by endogenous growth, shows that innovation and technological adaptation are the engines of economic growth in the long term. But the relationship between human capital and technology is highly dependent on the composition of human capital. The above said, we will enrich the literature and study the impact of technological change on economic growth. Econometrically, we base our study on the technique of panel data. An estimate by the method of static panel seems more relevant and a positive effect from the Technological Changes to economic growth seems to be confirmed for 39 developing economies.
Author Keywords: Growth, Technological Changes, Education.
Abstract: (french)
La littérature économique distingue deux approches différentes de la contribution du capital humain à la croissance. La première approche suppose que le capital humain joue le même rôle dans la production que le capital physique. Le capital humain est un facteur accumulable et accroît la productivité globale des facteurs, à technologie exogène. Ce surcroît d'efficacité permet de compenser les rendements décroissants du capital et donc de soutenir la croissance à long terme. Ainsi, l'accumulation du capital a un effet positif sur la croissance économique. La deuxième approche suggère plutôt une dimension technologique du capital humain, déterminante pour la croissance économique. Cette idée identifiée par la croissance endogène, montre que l'innovation et l'adaptation technologique sont les moteurs de la croissance économique à long terme. Mais la relation entre le capital humain et la technologie est fortement dépendante de la composition du capital humain. Ceci-dit, nous allons enrichir cette littérature et étudier l'impact des Changements Technologiques sur la croissance économique. Econométriquement, nous nous basons notre étude sur la technique des données de Panel. Une estimation par la méthode du panel statique parait plus pertinente et un effet positif allant des Changements Technologiques vers la croissance économique semble être confirmé pour 39 économies en développement.
Author Keywords: Croissance, Changements Technologiques, Education.
How to Cite this Article
Sirine MNIF, “Growth Impulsed by the Technological Changes,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 599–610, July 2014.
